Tagged Brian Hodgson

After much delay, the long awaited DVD release of the Second Doctor classic, The Underwater Menace, is finally set to release next month. In celebration, Fantom Events is hosting an event bringing some of the surviving members of the serial together to celebrate and sign memorabilia for fans! The Underwater Menace DVD Signing is set for…

Here’s an interesting piece from the archive. On 3rd September 1970, The Guardian ran a feature on the inner workings of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. The workshop, as many of us know, was the birthplace of many iconic compositions and sound effects of British television, not least the original Doctor Who theme tune and the…

This is music to our ears – Silva Screen have been nominated for an award from the International Film Music Critics Association! The recognition comes after its hugely successful release of Doctor Who: The 50th Anniversary Celebration, which features 129 tracks cherry-picked from the series’ rich history, including contributions from Brian Hodgson, Dudley Simpson and…

We all know the noise, I have it as the message tone on my phone and seeing others recognise it in public is priceless. Yes, I’m talking about the TARDIS sound effect. Regularly described in the target novels as a wheezing, groaning sound it is one of the most iconic pieces of audio in not…

The Doctor and Jamie are forced to evacuate the TARDIS after an explosion of the mercury fluid link. Sound familiar? They land in a deserted spaceship whose single occupant is the Servo-Robot, which menaces the intruders and manages to launch a group of mysterious white pods into space before Jamie destroys it. Finally rescued by…

The soundtrack to Doctor Who classic serial The Krotons is about to be released on CD and vinyl. Here James Whittington casts an ear over the audio gold contained therein… I don’t know about you but as soon as I hear the 1967 theme for Doctor Who the hairs on the back of my neck…

Sadly, an adventure comes to an end. It’s the last day of principal photography on Mark Gatiss’ An Adventure in Time and Space and judging by tweets posted yesterday, it will include yet another recreation of an iconic moment; the TARDIS de-materialisation sound! Natasha O’Keeffe tweeted to producer Matt Strevens: @MattStrevens1 if there's an old…